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India Today
a day ago
- Entertainment
- India Today
Elio review: Pixar's new offering is sweet and funny but lacks spark
Pixar's latest outing, 'Elio', is a heartwarming and visually rich journey that feels both contemporary and comfortably familiar. Voiced by Yonas Kibreab, the titular Elio is a daydreaming, orphaned misfit who ends up becoming Earth's accidental ambassador in a colourful alien world. The result is a film that's sweet, funny, and family-friendly, but also one that lacks the spark of Pixar's finest by Adrian Molina with co-directors Madeline Sharafian and Domee Shi, 'Elio' is packed with warmth and wonder, but much of it stays on the surface. The film's premise revolves around an imaginative child being mistaken for someone important in an otherworldly setting. This setting leans heavily into Pixar's well-worn 'misunderstood kid meets magical world' template. It is almost like 'Inside Out' meets 'Lilo & Stitch', but without the same emotional punch or layered film begins grounded in real-world science and emotional resonance, but soon the narrative slips into chaotic territory - cloning, galactic politics, and a villainous 'Blood Emperor' (voiced by Brad Garrett) whose Marvel-like menace feels Elio's friendship with the Emperor's insecure son Glordon (Remy Edgerly) offers the film's sweetest emotional thread, it too gets a bit lost in the chaos. Zoe Saldana brings steady warmth as Elio's aunt, but many alien characters remain forgettable and overly the premise holds promise, the writing doesn't quite rise to the occasion several times. The emotional beats feel undercooked, especially when compared to the nuanced storytelling Pixar is known for. The characters or ideas are not given enough space to breath before we transition from one place to another. The film introduces layered themes like loss, loneliness, identity but often abandons them in favour of rapid-fire plot developments and quirky distractions. Glordon's arc and the potential father-son commentary get drowned in the visual noise. It's a script that feels like it's trying to juggle too many ideas, resulting in a finale that's flashier than is certainly a step up from some of Disney's recent misfires. Its retro-Disney vibes, sincere message, and humour make it engaging for kids and comforting for parents. But for those expecting a bold new Pixar frontier, this cosmic tale feels just a little too safe and is now out in theatres.3 out of 5 stars to Elio.
Yahoo
27-04-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Scientist claims Big Bang theory is wrong and shares new theory about how universe was made
Typically, the whole debate over how the universe was created takes place between religion and science. Most scientists tend to support the Big Bang Theory while Christians of course believe that God created Earth. However, there's plenty of other ideas and conspiracy theories out there. And one scientist has come up with a somewhat controversial theory as they say the thought that the Big Bang was the cause of it all is wrong. Although, it's not some kind of idea that aliens were involved or that we're all part of some Marvel-like 'multiverse'. Instead, Richard Lieu of The University of Alabama in Huntsville, US, reckons it was a whole series rather than the one individual, mega explosion. He published his alternative theory that the cosmos came about through a number of rapid-fire bursts. 'The new model can account for both structure formation and stability, and the key observational properties of the expansion of the universe at large,' he explains. Lieu argues these bursts, or 'temporal singularities', blasted out new matter and energy into space. He reckons they replace the need for the invisible stuff that cosmologists have long said fills the cosmos. This model builds on the physics professor's earlier work from 2024. And his theory, described as 'groundbreaking', could reportedly help to resolve questions over cosmic expansion and galaxy formation without having to rely on ideas like dark energy and dark matter. 'This new paper proposes an improved version of the earlier model, which is also radically different,' he stated. 'The new model can account for both structure formation and stability, and the key observational properties of the expansion of the universe at large, by enlisting density singularities in time that uniformly affect all space to replace conventional dark matter and dark energy.' These mysterious bursts described by Lieu remain undetected by astrophysicists because of their speed and infrequency. 'These singularities are unobservable because they occur rarely in time and are unresolvedly fast, and that could be the reason why dark matter and dark energy have not been found,' he explained. Lieu believes his theory overcomes the model of the Big Bang and offers a framework that doesn't need those dark matter and dark energy concepts that are yet to be proven. According to the Big Bang theory, it's dark matter that holds the structures of the cosmos in place and that dark energy is the force pushing the universe to expand.
